This is a rare inflammatory condition of the minor salivary glands, usually in the lower lip, which appears swollen and everted. There may also be ulceration, crusting, abscesses, and sinus tracts. It is an acquired disorder, but the cause is uncertain.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Letters from an American Farmer is a series of letters written by French American writer J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, crÃ¨vecÅur first published in. 1782
Encouraged by her owners, Phillis Wheatley quickly became literate and began writing poetry that soon found its way into local newspapers. Notwithstanding the prejudices against her race, social status, gender, and age, Wheatley became the first published woman of African descent in 1767.